Airbnb

Airbnb makes renewed push to boost supply as rental rates soar

Chief executive Brian Chesky introduces measures to address inflated cost of using accommodation site

Airbnb chief executive Brian Chesky is making a renewed push to increase room supply on the travel platform, with the average price per night having soared more than 40 per cent above pre-pandemic levels.

Chesky said he was “not satisfied” with the inflated cost of using the short-term accommodation site, laying out measures to address the problem, including a move to pay existing hosts to help new ones get set up on the platform, as well as longer-term plans to reduce cleaning fees.

The average daily cost of a stay on Airbnb was $156 in the July-to-September period, up 5 per cent on 2021 and a rise of more than 40 per cent compared with 2019.

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